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Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:26 am
by Xiaoshan_Sailor
TD's finally shipping samples off to distributors & posting all over FB.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 93253.html

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Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:28 am
by Kaczor
What's the quality? More like Heng Long or Haya? Or maybe Tamiya
But most important: what is the retail price?
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:00 pm
by jarndice
I just visited
https://stplane-tongde.en.made-in-china.com/ and discovered they have a 44 Tank range of models including 5 Sherman based Tanks as well as the 1/16 Centurion which is R/C @ 47.5 cm long x 22.5 cm wide x 19.5 cm high, It has working lights, Smoke, an I/R system as well as BB, The main Gun on this MK5 elevates and it has a speaker with a Plastic driving system, The Turret turns through 320/360 degrees (Make of that what you will?)
But I could not see the price.
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:37 pm
by Xiaoshan_Sailor
Centurion all plastic $85, metal upgrades including track/wheels $181, their fantasy all metal $530. Pending M60 same price.
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:39 pm
by Xiaoshan_Sailor
Kaczor wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:28 am
What's the quality? More like Heng Long or Haya? Or maybe Tamiya
But most important: what is the retail price?
HL/Haya/Hooben. One nice thing is he doesn't seem to be afraid to use rubber tires or so I have been told. Still waiting to see one of the new samples.
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:47 pm
by Kaczor
Those are mainly Mato models.
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:07 pm
by jarndice
Xiaoshan_Sailor wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:37 pm
Centurion all plastic $85, metal upgrades including track/wheels $181, their fantasy all metal $530. Pending M60 same price.
£163 is most affordable if it is a reasonable model with metal track and wheels. Certainly a lot more amenable to my pocketbook than Tamiyas £1000 +
If the upgrade market latch on to this it could be a winner.
I wonder if Dave @
www.forgebeartanks.com will stock them?
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:16 pm
by Harry Serpent
It’s probably copied from the Tamiya centurion for measurements
As it roughly looks like it

Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:18 pm
by jarndice
Harry Serpent wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:16 pm
It’s probably copied from the Tamiya centurion for measurements
As it roughly looks like it
Where do you think Heng Long got their Tiger 1 dimensions

?
Re: Tongde Centurion Mk 5 Emerges
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:24 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
jarndice wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:18 pm
Harry Serpent wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:16 pm
It’s probably copied from the Tamiya centurion for measurements
As it roughly looks like it
Where do you think Heng Long got their Tiger 1 dimensions

?
I did wonder about that, therefore, does Tamiya have the turret rotation in the wrong place, and wrong angles on the front armour, along with two antenna tubes, etc, etc, so on and so forth?